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Algolia

Senior Program Manager, DocSearch & Startups

Remote - United States Full Time

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

Algolia enables every company to create world-class Search and Discovery experiences with an API-first approach. Performance and Scalability is at the heart of our mission: we power 1.5 trillion searches a year, for 17K+ customers all over the world. We see Developer Experience as a key element of our offering: we maintain high-quality SDKs for a dozen languages and platforms. We value Grit, Trust, Candor, Care and Humility. If you're a problem solver, able to think outside the box and eager to nurture others and learn from them, then this is your challenge!

The Developer Experience (DX) team aims to help Algolia grow as an agile business. To achieve that, we are building a powerful & flexible platform empowering internal feature teams to release, track & monetize new products while ensuring that customers understand their usage and control their billing. 

We are looking for a Senior Program Manager to own the developer programs of the DX Team. Creating and running programs that enable developers to accelerate their usage of/value from Algolia. This individual will partner closely with product management, engineering managers, other Program Managers and with executive leadership to execute and align on complex technical programs. 

YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF:

  • Leading the Algolia DocSearch, Logo and Startup programs.
  • Working with cross-company stakeholders in Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and Operations.
  • Defining and building new high-value, strategic programs that enable developers to more easily adopt and derive value from Algolia product offerings.
  • Establishing and managing OKRs for all programs and across various stages of programs (i.e. from inception to beta to release to operating at scale).
  • Identifying opportunities and plans to improve existing programs.
  • Working with key partners to help them design, plan, and implement Algolia’s APIs and product features in their own applications.

YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:

  • 2-6 years of experience in working with/as a developer and an interest in beginning a technical program manager
  • Some experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes and working with tech teams
  • Good understanding of how an API (like Algolia) is implemented and what is means for someone’s software development lifecycle from conception to delivery
  • Able to collect, analyze and present data sets support project goals and initiatives
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear articulation of business impact and technical constraints tailored to the audience
  • Experience at our current stage and beyond ($200M-$500M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)

Algolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects US market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Remote US: Base Salary Pay Range
$129,500—$160,000 USD

FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. 

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

  • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
  • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
  • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
  • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
  • HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.

PLEASE REVIEW OUR POLICY FOR AI USE IN INTERVIEWS - https://www.algolia.com/blog/algolia/algolia-ai-guidelines-for-candidates

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES - Recruitment Fraud Notice

We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams targeting job seekers. To help protect yourself, please keep the following in mind:

  • Our open positions may appear on third-party job boards, but the best way to apply safely is directly through our careers page.
  • All genuine communication from Algolia will come from an @algolia.com email address. If you receive an email from someone claiming to work at Algolia who does not have an @algolia.com email address, please do not respond or share any personal information.
  • We’ll never ask for payments, purchases, or financial details during the hiring process.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!